Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
As previously reported, as ofDecember 30, 2020 , the Company, has made a series of preferred equity contributions in the amount of$465 million to a partnership with a subsidiary of ENGIE that is expected to own a portfolio of wind and utility-scale solar assets, (the "Utility-Scale Portfolio") of approximately 2.3 gigawatts ("GW"). The Company expects to make a total of approximately$540 million in preferred equity contributions to this partnership. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, the Company expects to make additional capital contributions for the remaining projects in the Utility-Scale Portfolio of approximately$75 million , related to a wind and two utility-scale solar projects anticipated to be commercially operational on or prior toDecember 31, 2021 . In addition to the Utility-Scale Portfolio partnership with ENGIE described above, onDecember 1, 2020 , the Company andMorgan Stanley Renewables, Inc. ("Morgan Stanley"), a subsidiary ofMorgan Stanley, Inc. , formed a joint venture that entered into a partnership agreement with ENGIE to jointly invest in a Distributed Generation ("DG") portfolio of solar and solar-plus-storage assets located acrossthe United States , (the "DG Portfolio"). The DG Portfolio is expected to be comprised of a diversified set of newly developed community solar and commercial & industrial ("C&I") ground-mounted, carport and rooftop solar and solar-plus-storage projects (approximately 70 megawatts ("MW") in total) located acrossthe United States , including inMassachusetts ,Illinois ,Vermont ,California ,Texas , andArizona . In connection with this investment, the Company has committed to make a series of capital contributions throughDecember 31, 2021 , to the partnership with Morgan Stanley that will own a preferred equity interest of approximately$172 million in the DG Portfolio. The counterparties in the DG Portfolio are high credit quality residential, C&I, and cooperative off-takers and the contracts with these counterparties consist of a weighted average contract life of approximately 24 years. The Company's share of the investment in this DG Portfolio is estimated to be approximately$93 million . As ofDecember 31, 2020 , the Company has made a series of capital contributions to the partnership with Morgan Stanley for contribution to the DG Portfolio partnership of approximately$37 million relating to approximately 20 MW in community and roof top solar projects. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, the Company expects to make additional capital contributions related to the remaining projects in the DG Portfolio, which are expected to consist of 50 MW of projects, which are anticipated to be commercially operational byDecember 31, 2021 . Assuming all of the projects in the Utility-Scale Portfolio and the DG Portfolio are acquired, the two portfolios will consist of 13 utility-scale renewable projects (nine onshore wind projects and four solar projects), located in key markets inthe United States , including theElectric Reliability Council of Texas ("ERCOT"),Midcontinent Independent System Operator ("MISO"),PJM Interconnection ("PJM") and theSouthwest Power Pool ("SPP"), and a diversified set of community solar and C&I ground-mounted, carport and rooftop solar and solar-plus-storage projects located acrossthe United States . The Utility-Scale Portfolio's cash flows consist of fixed-price power purchase agreements and financial hedges that have a weighted average contract life of approximately 13 years, contracted with highly creditworthy off-takers and counterparties who enjoy a weighted average credit rating of A+, including Amazon, Allianz,Ingersoll Rand , Microsoft, T Mobile, Target, Walmart, and Xcel Energy. The Utility-Scale Portfolio partnership and the DG Portfolio partnership with ENGIE are governed by limited liability company agreements, that contain customary terms and conditions. Major decisions that may impact the partnerships, their subsidiaries, or their assets, require approvals from representatives of each of the members of the partnerships. Through the partnerships, the Company will be entitled to preferred distributions until certain return targets are achieved. The Company expects to use the equity method of accounting to account for its preferred equity interest in the partnerships.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (a) Financial statements of businesses acquired. In accordance with Item 9.01(a), the combined audited financial statements as ofDecember 31, 2019 and the combined unaudited financial statements as ofSeptember 30, 2020 , required by this item are filed with this Report as Exhibit No. 99.1 and Exhibit No. 99.2, respectively. (b) Pro forma financial information. In accordance with Item 9.01(b), the Company's pro forma unaudited combined balance sheet and statement of operations as of and for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2020 , and pro forma statement of operations for the year endedDecember 31, 2019 , required by this item are filed with this Report as Exhibit No. 99.3. (d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 23.1 Consent ofErnst & Young LLP for combined financial statements ofHannon Armstrong's Investments withEngie Holdings Inc. 99.1 Combined audited financial statements as of and for the year endedDecember 31, 2019 99.2 Combined unaudited financial statements as of and for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2020 99.3 Pro forma unaudited combined balance sheet and statement of operations as of and for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2020 and pro forma statement of operations for the year endedDecember 31, 2019 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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